World War I
The Gold Rush
Eureka Stockade/Early Australia
General Knowledge
Other History
100

WW1 ended in this year.

1918

100

Which country did most Camel 'drivers' in Australia, during the Gold Rush, come from?

Afghanistan

100

The Eureka Stockade took place near a town that is now called Ballarat.

In which modern-day state is this located?

Victoria

100

The Cold War, was a decades long conflict fought (with Nukes) between which two major countries?

Russia/Soviet Union and USA

100

In which century did Ancient Rome fall?

3rd Century AD (200 - 299)

200

TRUE OR FALSE: Adolf Hitler was alive during World War I?

TRUE

(he was actually a soldier, fighting for Germany, in WW1).

200

South Sea Islanders were taken as slave labourers by Australia, during the Gold Rush. In order to do what?

Farm/produce Sugar Cane in Queensland.

200

The Stockade occurred when a group of British/Irish miners banded together to protest the government doing what?

Raising taxes on the Gold they dug up.

200

Ayrton Senna is a famous name in which motorsport?

Formula 1

200
Which country stayed neutral (did not join a side) during World War 2 - and many other wars since?

Switzerland

300
What is the name for the section in between the two sets of trenches where people did not return from?

No Man's Land

300
TRUE OR FALSE: Chinese Miners were treated the same as miners of British descent/'white' people.

FALSE

300

Was the Eureka Stockade successful/Who 'won' the siege or standoff between the government/army and the miners?

The Government/Army.

300

What is the world's best selling video game (most UNITS sold)?

Minecraft

300

Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand is famous/infamous for what reason?

He was assassinated and, because of his death, caused WW1.

400

What is the name of the major region/battlefield in modern-day Turkey where Australian soldiers fought and died?

Gallipoli

400

During the Gold Rush, miners who dug up Gold were required to give money to the government when they tried to sell it.

What is this process called (starts with T)?

Taxes

400

Britain sent convicts/prisoners to Australia in the first place because why?

Their own prisons were overcrowded and they needed to send their unwanted people somewhere desolate/"empty"
400

What is the world's 2nd Biggest country (by land area)?

Canada

400

How old is Australia, as it's own INDEPENDENT country?

124 years old (as of 2025)

500

Remembrance Day is observed every year to remember the end of World War 1. On what DAY/DATE of the year is this observed?

BONUS Points: What hour of that day?

November 11.


BONUS: 11th Hour

500

Australia was NOT the ONLY country to have a Gold Rush in the 1800s.

In what other STATE was there a Gold Rush?

California.

500

Terra Nulius is a LATIN term, that the British used when they found Australia. What does this term mean?

"Land belonging to no-one"

500

What is the largest organ in the human body?

Skin

500

What did the Germans, during WW2, call their submarines?

U-Boats

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